Nail distributing and driving machine



(No Model.) I F. F. RAYMOND, 2d.

NAIL DISTRIBUTING AND DRIVING MACHINE.

No. 358,695. Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

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I. F. RAYMOND, 2d. NAIL DISTRIBUTING AND DRIVING MAGHINE.

Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

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NAIL DISTRIBUTING AND DRIVING MACHINE. No. 358,695. Patented Mar. 1,1887.

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NITE STATES FREEBORN F. RAYMOND, 2D, OF NEIVTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NAIL DISTRIBUTING AND DRIVING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,695, dated March 1, 1887.

Application filed January 8,1887. Serial No. 223,735. (No model.)

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Fnnnnonn F. RAYMOND, 2d, of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nail Distributing and Driving Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,in explaining its na ture.

The invention relates to anail distributing and driving machine having distributing devices, which consist, essentially, ofa series of boxes or receptacles adapted to hold loose nails placed one upon the other, slides for moving the nails from said receptacles or boxes simul taneously,and passagesfor conducting the nails to a nail-carrier or to the nail-driving devices.

It further relates to various features of organization and construction, all of which will be hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section to illustratethe features of myinvention. Fig. 2 is aplan view. Fig. 3is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a plan view to illustrate a modification.

The invention is represented as applied to a heel-nailing machine similar in many respects to that described in Patent No. 317,647, and I have illustrated in the drawings only so much of the machine as'is necessary to show its con nection with the nail distributing devices, hereinafter described.

A is a crosshead, which is given a reciprocating movement. It carries the revolving head A, which, preferably, is adapted to be automatically revolved, and which has an arm carrying a gang or group of awls, another arm carrying a gang or group of drivers, and still another arm carrying a top-lift spanlrer, and, if desired, still another arm carrying a heelbreasting device.

B is the last or work-support.

b is the jack-post which supports it.

C is the templet through which thenails are driven.

O is the nail-carrier,by which the nails are delivered to the holes of the templet and the nail-driving devices.

The distributing mechanism comprises a number of boxes or receptacles, D,which, prefadapted to be moved.

erably, are arranged in a circle, although they may be arranged in a straight line, as represented in Fig. at. Each of these boxes is shaped to hold the nails one upon another,or in stack, and with their points in the same line, and they are preferably so arranged or placed that when discharged from the box they will fall point downward. Each box D is. mounted upon a table, d, preferably in a manner to be removable therefrom, and they are adaptedl to hold any desired number of nails in stack. Each boX has the opening d, through which the nails are fed to a distributingpassage, (V, and there is arranged to be moved across the bottom of the box from the front end of each a slideplate, E, which is given a sufficient movement to move the undermost nail from the boX into the passage d". The passage (1, preferably, is so shaped and arranged as to open from the side and the bottom of the box, so that the discharging-slide E need not be moved the entire horizontal length of the box.

to discharge a nail therefrom.

I prefer that the slides E be simultaneously operated, and I have represented them as connected with each other by a cam-plate, E. This plate is annular in the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 8, and straight in the construction shown in Fig. 4. These plates have cam-slots 6 arranged therein, each of which is adapted to move a slide, E, each slide being connected with the slots by the pin 6'.

It will be seen that upon the rotation of the circular plate, or upon the movement of the straight plate in one direction, the slides are moved in simultaneously, and that upon the reverse movement they are moved out, or in the opposite direction. This actuating-plate, whether it be circular or straight, may be operated by hand or automatically. When operated by hand,it has a handle by which it is \Vhen operated by power, I prefer to do so by a cam connected with the nail-driving machine and timed to move the slides when it is desired to deliver nails to the carrier or to thenail-driving devices.

In Figs. 2 and 3 I have represented the cam Fas connected with the earn-shaft of the machine by the vertical shaft f. This cam is c011- nected with the circular cam-plate E by means of the slide-block f, having the arm f connecting the slide-plate with the stud f 3 in the circular plate.

In Fig. 4 the can1-p1ate E is represented as connected directly with its operating-cam F. The passages d are preferably formed by tubes of brass or some other ductile metal, and they are arranged at their lower ends to deliver nails directly into the carrier through the holes of a block,by which the ends are held together and placed, or into adjustable guiding-tubes G, as represented in Fig. 1. It'will be seen by this arrangement that nails are adapted to be delivered to the carrier or to the nail-driving devices asa gang or group and simultaneously by simply moving the cam-plate operating the slides E. The said boxes or receptacles are filled, preferably, by an attendant.

By this mechanism nails of any length or of varying lengths can be fed in a gang or group, and they may be delivered points downward, or heads downward, according as the nails are placed in the box.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a nail distributing and driving machine, the combination of a series of nail-holding boxes or receptacles, D, for holding nailsin stack, a slide or nail-discharge,E, for each box, and the conducting-passages (1 into which the nails are delivered, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the nail-holding boxes or receptacles D, for holding nails in stack, slide-plates or dischargers E, conducting-passages d and devices for simultaneously mov movement to simultaneously move the slides or dischargers E, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a nail driving and distributing machine, of the nail-driving devices with a nail-distributer, comprising the boxes or receptacles D, for holding nails in stack, the dischargers or slides E, and the conducting-passages cl, as and for the purposes described. v

5. The combination of the nail-driving devices, the boxes or receptacles D,for holding the nails in stack, the dischargers or slides E, the passages d, the cam-plate E, for operating the slides or dischargers, and a cam, F, for automatically moving the plate, substantially as described.

6. The combination of one or more boxes or receptacles,D, for holding the nails in stack,the passage or passages dfland a slide or discharger for each box or receptacle controlled as to its movementsbyacam,substantiallyasdescribed.

FREEBORN F. RAYMOND, 2D. \Vitnesses:

J. M. DOLAN', FRED. B. DOLAN. 

